MGT $337$ Shared Value $($SV$)$ and Supplier Social Responsibility $($SSR$)$ Homework

Nestle Shared Value Case

a$.$ What did you find most interesting or surprising in the Nestle Shared Value Case Study?

b$.$ How do Shared Value $($SV$)$ initiatives, like in this article, impact brand awareness of the organization?

c$.$ In many instances, SV initiatives are developed at the corporate level, and not initially supply chain focused. How can the supply chain take a leadership role in SV programs?

d$.$ Think of an industry that is not related to Nestle. What steps should a company, in that industry, take to replicate Nestle's program? Is SV possible in all industries?

You are the Sourcing Director for Nestle's U$.$S$.$ Operations. The Chief Supply Chain Officer $($CSCO$)$ for Nestle recognizes the potential impact that the Supply Chain has on Shared Value initiatives. He has asked you to analyze Nestle's Materiality matrix and develop strategies to support these initiatives with suppliers to Nestle's U$.$S$.$ operations.

a$.$ Select $5$ initiatives on the Materiality matrix that you believe can be positively impacted by the supply base.

b$.$ Using the supplier scorecard template, input each Materiality initiative that you selected into a Category.

c$.$ Weight each category $($note that the weights must sum to $100).$

d$.$ Develop $2-3$ criterion to measure each initiative selected. You do not need to create the sub$-$weights.

e$.$ After you gain concurrence within the organization that you have selected the most